Description
Absolute path traversal vulnerability in curl 7.20.0 through 7.21.1, when the --remote-header-name or -J option is used, allows remote servers to create or overwrite arbitrary files by using \ (backslash) as a separator of path components within the Content-disposition HTTP header.
CVSS Metrics
- Vector
- AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
- Access Vector
- network
- Access Cmplx
- medium
- Auth
- none
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- partial
- Availability
- partial
- Weaknesses
- CWE-22
Metadata
- Primary Vendor
- CURL
- Published
- 10/28/2010
- Last Modified
- 4/11/2025
- Source
- NIST NVD
- Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.
Affected Products
curl : curlcurl : curlcurl : curl
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